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单词 to sleep rough
释义

to sleep rough

adverb [ADVERB after verb]
When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
[British]
It makes me so sad when I see young people begging or sleeping rough on the streets.
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Examples of 'to sleep rough' in a sentence
to sleep rough

Some victims found their only way to escape was to sleep rough.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She's willing to sleep rough if it means she's with her.
The Sun (2014)
But every year around 150,000 young people have no choice but to sleep rough.
The Sun (2017)
He hopes, when he goes home, he will not have to sleep rough too.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But casualties appeared light thanks to the determination of survivors to sleep rough and stay safe.
The Sun (2010)
He would have to sleep rough on the floor of abandoned buildings or in trenches and hope he did not get hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But many have gravitated to sleep rough in tents and makeshift camps in the area.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Romeo resorts to sleeping rough.
The Sun (2018)
When she was ejected from the house for screaming and crying too much, she resorted to sleeping rough and begging.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)

Chinese translation of 'to sleep rough'

to sleep rough

  1. (Brit) [homeless person] 露宿街头(頭) (lù sù jiētóu)
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Nearby words of
to sleep rough

  • to slash at sb/sth
  • to slash one's wrists
  • to slave over a hot stove
  • to sleep rough
  • to slice through sth
  • to slide down/off/into sth
  • to slide into chaos/a depression
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